Angie Craig: “I rise to note an interesting coincidence of things that are happening, and not happening, today. Many Americans are…”

“I rise to note an interesting coincidence of things that are happening, and not happening, today. Many Americans are celebrating today as Constitution Day. At 4 p.m. eastern time, on September 17, 1787, the Framers of the U.S. Constitution adjourned the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The Constitution they proposed, after deep debates and tortured compromise, was then submitted to the several States for ratification, and for the judgment of history. According to the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, Constitution Day, Inc., at 4 p.m. today, ``schools across America will be led in the recitation of the Preamble to the US Constitution on a national teleconferencing call conducted by Sprint . . . churches across America will be led in the ringing of their bells to honor the First Amendment, Freedom of Religion . . .'' and there will be commemorations from Valley Forge, PA, to a replica of Independence Hall at Knott's Berry Farm, CA. Little can be said, that has not been said before, about the profound wisdom, foresight, and faith that the Framers of our Constitution brought to constructing the foundational document of our Nation's system of government and laws.”